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After being sold to a mortician, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor in 1830s London. Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens 's classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the orphanage and hooks up with a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor.
The Academy Award winning Oliver! (1968) was not the first-ever film version of the famous Charles Dickens novel, Oliver Twist. There were at least seven previous versions captured on film, beginning with Pathe's 1909 version and ending with David Lean's version in 1948. Twenty years passed before the story hit the silver screen again.
In this award-winning adaptation of the Broadway musical based on the Charles Dickens novel, 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist (Mark Lester) falls in with a group of street-urchin pickpockets led...
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Roger Ebert December 22, 1968. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Sir Carol Reed's "Oliver!" is a treasure of a movie. It is very nearly universal entertainment, one of those rare films like "The Wizard of Oz" that appeals in many ways to all sorts of people.
Overview. Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin. Carol Reed. Director. Charles Dickens. Novel. Vernon Harris. Screenplay. Reviews. Discussions 1.
Musical 1968 2 hr 26 min. 90% 8+. Starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Mark Lester. Director Carol Reed. Trailers. Oliver! Related. Cast & Crew. About. Oliver! MUSICAL. Experience the high-spirited adventures of Oliver Twist in this Oscar-winning musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale!
